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Think of it as "acoustic chill": This collection of contemplative contemporary acoustic instrumental pieces draws every nuance of the guitar's complex and beautiful tone in styles that draw from jazz to blues to folk and Latin.
Genre:
New Age: Contemporary Instrumental
Release Date:
2009
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© Copyright-Emile Menasche/Menasche Media
(884501138703)
Record Label: AtootA Records
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“Menasché is a writer who has done music for films, and this is a beautiful set of acoustic music that evokes many moods, most of them quiet. Musically, there’s a mix of Latin, jazz and folk that works wonderfully with Menasché’s mastery of the guitar. It’s simple and comforting music in a day when it’s needed.”—John Heidt, Vintage Guitar, December, 2009.
Recording with master engineer and producer Rich Tozzoli (Al Di Meola, Wynton Marsalis), Menasché played a selection of character-rich vintage instruments in an effort to capture the naked guitar in all its harmonic richness, with a minimum of electronic interference. The result inspired the title of this collection: Overtones, an album the celebrates the complex sound of the acoustic guitar.
Though Menasché works in many styles, the acoustic has remained the instrument he turns to express unvarnished emotion. Inspired by artists like Ry Cooder, Tony Rice, John Fahey, Kottke, Michael Hedges, Doyle Dykes, Jorma Kaukonen, Will Ackerman, Bert Jansch and Jimmy Page, Menasché found a voice on the instrument that's both evocative and visual. The acoustic has played a major part in his film scores for such projects as John G. Young's feature Parallel Sons, and James Spione's documentaries American Farm and Our Island Home (Spione's photographs adorn the album's front cover).
For Overtones, Menasché also drew inspiration from other instruments: The electric guitar work of Bill Frissel; the spacious, Miles Davis unhurried rewriting of jazz on In a Silent Way; the voice-like warmth of John Coltrane's saxophone on Ballads; and the sensuality of the work of Antonio Carlos Jobim added shading to the colors on Overtones.
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Extraordinary
author: James Spione
I've been a fan of Emile’s music for many years, but his latest work, a beautifully crafted tour-de-force for solo acoustic guitar, far surpasses anything he’s done before in terms of the sheer audacity of his compositions and the technical brilliance of his playing. "Overtones" is nothing short of a career breakthrough.
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Pure
author: Ritche Deraney
Congratulations to Mr. Menasche on his beautiful work of Art. He remembers that it is about the music and the soul. Keep it going!!!!!!!!!
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author: carol m.
Acoustic guitar music has always strongly appealed to me; I'm a longtime fan of Leo Kottke, John Fahey, and Jorma Kaukonen, not to mention Segovia and other classical guitarists. Emile's work on this CD earned him a spot on my favorites list. The sound is warm and gorgeous, the music deep and emotionally rich. Highly recommended!
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